V.M. Doroshenko1, V.A. Kirkitsa2

1,2 Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov (Saratov, Russia)

1 dorvalentina9@gmail.com; 2skrkts@mail.ru

An important problem of health care has always been ensuring safety during surgical and other manipulations. Currently, many methods are known for disinfecting medical objects based on treatment with steam, hot air, ultraviolet, X-ray and electromagnetic radiation. The listed methods have both their obvious advantages and unavoidable disadvantages, which are described in detail in the work [1-12]. A promising method is the sterilization of medical instruments using a microwave field. Patents for similar development methods [13,14] were registered in the 90s of the last century, however, in the shown processing technologies it was not possible to avoid sparking, which excluded the processing of metal instruments. In turn, traditional methods used in hospitals, due to the effect of high temperatures, do not allow the processing of plastic instruments. This problem was solved with the help of the developed microwave sterilizer, which carries out decontamination due to the effect of an electromagnetic field on microflora, and not due to the effect of high temperatures.

Doroshenko V.M., Kirkitsa V.A. Emergency decontamination of pathogenic microflora using electromagnetic radiation. Radiotekhnika. 2024. V. 88. № 11. P. 186−189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18127/j00338486-202411-22 (In Russian)

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